Maximiliano Hernandez (Agent Sitwell) On ITEM 47 And THE AVENGERS

"In the film world I’m paired up with Clarke Gregg’s character – Agent Coulson – I’m kind of like, his protégé. I guess now, because of what happened in Avengers, I’m stepping up to fill his shoes." - Maximiliano Hernandez

The Avengers is set to arrive on blu-ray and dvd on September 25th here in the U.S. Actor Maximilano Hernandez who we've previously seen in Thor, Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant, and The Avengers spoke to WhatCulture about the Marvel One-Shot: Item 47 which is an extra on The Avengers blu-ray/dvd.

On the plot of the Avengers short Item 47.

Maximiliano Hernandez: Sure. Item 47 basically takes place directly after The Avengers. So, after the portal is closed [by Iron Man], my job was basically to collect the weaponry, make sure that it was securely put away by S.H.I.E.L.D.

Offers up a bit more insight into the plot.MH: Yeah, the Chitauri invasion that happened in The Avengers. Yeah, so that was basically my job. I was able to collect 46 Items and the 47th item kind of slipped through the cracks and was found by a couple, played by Jesse Bradford and Lizzie Caplan. They find this weapon, and Jesse’s character was able to get it to work.

I mean, it shouldn’t work, ‘cause once the Chitauri are dead their weaponry doesn’t work. But he was able to figure out a way to make it operational, and because of their economic situation they start going on a sort of East Coast bank robbery spree. [S.H.I.E.L.D] gets word of it and I’m sent out to retrieve the weapon and to neutralize both of them.

On Jasper Sitwell.MH: I play Agent Jasper Sitwell who in the comics was basically trained directly by Nick Fury. He’s a real comic book hero character created in the mid 60’s by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby; so it was kind of cool to play a character that really lives in the Marvel universe.

You know, he’s been around for 40-some-odd years and they gave me the shot to play his part, to sort of like, reinterpret the guy. And in the film world I’m paired up with Clarke Gregg’s character – Agent Coulson – I’m kind of like, his protégé. I guess now, because of what happened in Avengers, I’m stepping up to fill his shoes.

Will we see Agent Sitwell in the Avengers sequel?MH: You know what, you very well could. Marvel is very good at keeping secrets, as you would imagine [laughs]. Well, they’re kind of good at it, ‘cause sometimes the odd detail leaks out. Like you’ll find something out online and you’ll be like “how the hell do people know that”. But they’re usually really good.

Like, I don’t know at all. I literally find out maybe like a month before I’m going to do something for them. I’ll get a phone call from Marvel and they’re like “hey, suit up, we’re sending you into battle”. But I’m pretty optimistic that, you know, I’m gonna get that phone call late in the year and it’s gonna be like “hey, get ready”. So… I’m excited.

There's much more over at WhatCulture so be sure to click the source link below to read the full transcript. Marvel Studios The Avengers arrives on blu-ray and dvd on September 25th.

The Avengers is an American superhero film produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. It is the sixth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film is written and directed by Joss Whedon and features an ensemble cast, which includes Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson. In The Avengers, Nick Fury, director of the peacekeeping organization S.H.I.E.L.D., recruits Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, and Captain America to save the world from destruction.

Development of The Avengers began when Marvel Studios received a grant from Merrill Lynch in April 2005. After the success of the film Iron Man in May 2008, Marvel announced that The Avengers would be released in July 2011. With the signing of Scarlett Johansson in March 2009, the film was pushed back for a 2012 release. Whedon was brought on board in April 2010 and rewrote the screenplay that was originally written by Zak Penn. Production began in April 2011 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, before moving to Cleveland, Ohio in August 2011 and New York City in September 2011. The film was converted to 3D in post-production.

The Avengers was released in the United States on May 4, 2012 in 2D and 3D.

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@RobLiefeldFan, this is something I find interesting about Coulson fans. You can take all of his appearances throughout the Marvel movies and it barely totals 20 minutes, yet people have become so attached to this character. Even moreso that they place him above original comic book characters and scoff at anyone replacing him. That's weird.

Someone on another forum wondered who would be on the TV series instead of Coulson and they suggested Clay Quartermain, but claimed he'd just be a wannabe Coulson.

In any other circumstance, fans would be livid if an original character was created for a film instead of using any number of established characters that fit the role or if any original character were given more prominence than a character from the source material.

There's also the fact that comic book fans generally hate when characters are killed off and then immediately brought back, yet a good number of them would be perfectly fine if it happened with Coulson.

I won't speak for RLF, but for me it's how Gregg embraced the character and all it embodied. Coulson is the everyman, surrounded by superheroes, and he doesn't let it go to his head. He has a job to do, and he's going to do it, whether or not some genius billionaire playboy philanthropist wants to be a diva or not. Gregg loves the fans, and it shows, because we love him right back. So when he was killed off (maybe not?) in the Avengers, it struck a chord with the audience, because we've gotten invested in the character. Credit goes to the writers and Clark Gregg for making us care about a "nobody". That's good writing and good acting. Just my $0.02.

He should be in the tv series, seeing as Agent Sitwell is a shield agent in the comics. They should also use Sitwell in future Iron Man movies as he was assigned to watch over Stark in Iron Man's early days